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MaxillofacialSurgery.Wales is proud to host and provide booking and abstract workflow services to the Welsh Hospitals Dental Specialty Group. You can find the current abstract submission links as well as links to the Abstract Books since 2018 by following the Welsh Hospital menu.

 


 

 

Newport Maxillofacial DCT:

Dear SHOs

I am working as a SHO DCT (on-call post) in Newport Maxillofacial surgery. 

Its been a fantastic experience working here. I came into this job after a 1 year experience in maxfax. Job started with an induction where the department helped us acclimatise to the department and the hospital, which I found extremely helpful. There have been regular teaching from the staff grades and seniors with regards to dental and medical scenarios we face everyday at ...

The Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport is providing an exciting new service that will allow patients to take advantage of innovative technology and avoid major surgery and hospital admission. The new service is for patients who are experiencing problems with their saliva glands and offers them the option of outpatient treatment. The department is currently the only place in Wales who are using the technology to diagnose and treat salivary grand problems such as stones within the gland. In 2007 ...

 

Wales Trainee John Wells has scooped one of the five winning spots in a Wales-wide event, with his proposal to improve patient outcomes and experience.

John and the Maxillofacial team at Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil are celebrating victory in the latest Welsh Health Hack, an opportunity for health and social care workers to share the challenges facing them at work and then pitch and develop a solution.

Now in its fourth year, the Welsh Health Hack 2020 saw 24 teams – ...

Morriston Maxillofacial Dental Core Trainees:
What it's really like at Morriston Hospital as an OMFS junior doctor/dentist?

Dear future SHO's / Dental Core Trainee's (DCT2/3).

Welcome to this page. We, the 2018-19 cohort of Dental Core trainees (DCT2s and DCT3s) wanted to write a short bit of information for you for what the job actually entails and to give you a flavour of what to expect if you decide to apply for a job here in Swansea.

If you wish to contact one us personally, feel free ...

499 - Learning from lockdown: An audit of the appropriateness of contacts/referrals made to Paediatric Dentistry during lockdown

AL Bradley
Presented by: Alice Bradley
Cardiff Dental Hospital

Introduction: With a significant reduction in the provision of dentistry in primary care in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, urgent dental care centres (UDCCs) were created in order to treat those in need of emergency dental care. The University Dental Hospital (UDH), Cardiff provided the majority of urgent care for patients within Cardiff & Vale in the early stages of the pandemic. Aims: Assess the efficiency and functionality of the Paediatric Casualty Clinic at UDH, and to ensure that patients are accessing emergency dental care through the correct pathways. Methods: Triage forms completed by the Paediatric department between 24th March–31st July 2020 were analysed retrospectively. A comprehensive spreadsheet was generated including all information gathered from each triage call. There were three possible outcomes: referral back to GDP, advice, or a face-to-face consultation. Results: 236 phone calls were triaged by the department. 43 patients were under active treatment when lockdown was introduced, 14 were repeat callers; the remaining 179 patients had had no contact with UDH. Of the contacts to the department, 71 were registered with, and had attempted to contact their own GDP, 63 had not contacted their GDP, 12 were registered with the CDS, 67 patients had no GDP, and there was no information for the remaining 23 patients. 27 patients were advised to contact their GDP, 124 were given telephone advice, and 78 met the criteria, or were deemed urgent enough, to require a face-to-face emergency appointment. Conclusion: The Paediatric Dentistry Department effectively managed urgent and emergency dental care for children during the early stages of COVID-19. A telephone triage service was, and continues to be, essential to ensure that patients access care from the appropriate provider so that the needs of all children can be met. Data from this audit can be utilised to improve the provision of the Paediatric Casualty Clinic as well as aid future planning.
Consent Statement: There are no details on individual patients reported within the abstract.

Poster
Poster Learning from lockdown: An audit of the appropriateness of contacts/referrals made to Paediatric Dentistry during lockdown